1999 - Flaccianello delle Pieve, Fontodi, Colli della Toscana Centrale

This 1999 Fontodi Flaccinello della Pieve has a lovely texture and weight and a gentleness on the palate. It still has a very bright, nervy acidity which is tenaciously keeping everything together and making the wine look sprightly. It is fading a little in terms of the fruit and aromas with some dried-fruit notes, but it will hold. By the time they got to 1999 this wine was allowed to be an IGT Colli Toscana Centrale and no longer had to be labelled a table wine. Owner Manetti says, "The 1999 vintage was warmer than 93 and one of the best of the 90s so there was more richness and the wines had great balance." In 1993 there was a lower planting density of 3000 vines per hectare whereas by 1999 it was 7000 vines per hectare.